New Delhi — Entry of journalists, NGO activists and filmmakers into jails has been banned by the government, except under special requests, said senior home ministry officials. The decision comes after a series of incidents of jail inmates being interviewed by journalists including British film-maker Leslee Udwin who made aContinue Reading
New Delhi — The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the central government for not monitoring implementation of the National Urban Livelihood Mission for poor, including shelter for homeless people, by the state governments and asked it to scrap the scheme it if it can’t ensure implementation. “It is your scheme.Continue Reading
New Delhi — Dowry, love affairs and impotency were among the reasons for the deaths of over 1,400 farmers in India this year, union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Friday. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, causes of (farmer) suicides include family problems, illness, drugs…dowry, love affairsContinue Reading
Dehradun: Personnel of the Lansdowne Forest Division found two priests associated with churches in Bijnor in UP in possession of 12 kg sambhar meat, and arrested them. They were later let off on bail. Sambhar is listed in Schedule III of the Wildlife Protection Act. Both the priests work withContinue Reading
Gandhinagar– Irony has many faces. That a former woman judge, a standardbearer of justice, should fear for her life and that of her family in a state ruled by a woman Chief Minister, is one of them. The former judge, Jyotsna Yagnik, who convicted 32 people – including Maya Kodnani,Continue Reading
Tokyo — A Titan Arum, believed to be the world’s largest flower, bloomed this week in Tokyo’s Jindai Botanical Garden for the first time in five years. The two-metre high (6.5 feet) flower has attracted hundreds of visitors to the garden forcing it to extend its opening hours. Titan ArumContinue Reading
On Monday afternoon we finished, here in Bangalore, our first ever Pan-Asian Conference of Theological Ethicists: “Doing Catholic Theological Ethics in a Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Asian Context.” There were 95 ethicists, among whom were 14 plenary speakers and another 36 presenting paper during concurrent sessions. One of the finest plenaryContinue Reading
Dubai: There has been an increase in the arrest of Indians in cases of alleged possession of drugs and narcotics in Kuwait, with more than 60 per cent kept in Central jail, according to an official statement. “More than 60 per cent of total Indian nationals under detention and servingContinue Reading
Kochi — Syro-Malabar Church head Cardinal Mar George Alencherry on Tuesday urged the government and people’s representatives not to support the move by the Central Government to introduce amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, which facilitates abortion. “Feticide cannot be justified under any circumstance. The move to increaseContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Ishvani Kendra (Centre for the Word of God), an Institute of Missiology and Communications, Pune, South India, is hosting an SVD (Society of Divine Word) Mission Education and Research National Conference, July 24 – 26. The theme of the conference is “Mission Ad Gentes and Inter Gentes: Innovative practicesContinue Reading
